Marjorie Elizabeth Wood: Tipping scales of inequality

9:21 PM,
Feb. 5, 2014

Marjorie Elizabeth Wood

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At a pancake house in Houston, Claudia spent two hours rolling silverware into napkins on a slow weekend night. Without any tables to serve, she wasn't tipped to supplement her $2.13 hourly wage. Like many other restaurant employers, Claudia's boss did not make up for her shortfall in tips despite the legal obligation to do so.

Claudia's story, reported in the book "Behind the Kitchen Door" by Saru Jayaraman, speaks for millions who struggle to make ends meet on a tipped minimum wage of $2.13.

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